Chapman University Law Conference: “Are We at War?”

Chapman University Law School will host a conference this Thursday and Friday entitled “Are We At War?” The Conference will be webcast at
http://www.chapman.edu/law/symposiums/areweatwar2006.asp.

Following is Chapman’s conference description and the Agenda:

Are We at War?: Conference Preview

Are we “at war”? In what ways does it matter how we classify, describe
or justify today’s global conflicts: as a global war, as several separate and
distinct wars, or not as war at all, but merely a period of world-wide
insecurity, albeit one that was greatly intensified by September 11th.
Public officials and policy-makers have used the rhetoric of war for so long
– from the Cold War to domestic Wars on Poverty, Crime, and Drugs – that many
commentators already believe the word itself has lost much of its power to
convey meaning. Now with wars against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan and
an open-ended Global War on Terror against stateless enemies, scholars in a wide
range of fields are beginning to reconsider the significance of war as a
rhetorical device, as an institutional reality, or as a principled means of
organizing society’s priorities and resources.

While some leading scholars have argued that “This Is Not a War” but
merely “a constitutional emergency,” others have questioned the Bush
administration’s commitment to prosecuting war or protecting the homeland from
future attack. Yet others in the academic community concede that this is a war,
but argue that it’s an illegal war and violates international laws of going to
war and conducting war. And while our enemies fervently believe they’re at war
with us, we still consider those captured and detained in the theater of war as
prisoners, but just not of war.

Clearly, there is much confusion about the meaning of war, and arguably a
good deal of it among America’s educated and policy-making elites.

This symposium challenges its participants to think anew about global
conflict and local insecurities by questioning some of our basic premises and
assumptions: Are we at war? What is war? Is it simply the absence of peace? Or
might war, like peace, contemplate a more proactive approach to organizing and
applying society’s resources? What does war look like – and what should it look
like – in an age of globalization that’s marked by fragmented power, privatized
resources, and proliferating threats of terrorism and mass destruction?

The line between criticism and certitude is often an uneasy one. This
symposium seeks to stimulate discussion across several disciplines about how our
underlying assumptions shape and influence our conclusions and orthodoxies.
Perhaps greater self-awareness is possible; certainly it is necessary if we are
to better inform our responses to violent conflict and insecurity in the
future.

ARE WE AT WAR?
Global Conflict & Insecurity, Post-9/11

April 6-7, 2006

WEBCAST, live and taped:

http://www.chapman.edu/law/symposiums/areweatwar2006.asp

2ND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF
THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL TRADE & DEVELOPMENT
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF ORANGE COUNTY
&
WALTER SCHMID CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

11.5 MCLE credits for attorneys
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, April 6

9:00 Welcoming Remarks 9:00 a.m.
Parham H. Williams, LL.B., LL.M., Dean and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law, Chapman University School of Law

September 11th for Families of the Disappeared 9:15 a.m.
Kevin T. Jones, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Communications Studies, Chapman University

Panel 1: Defining “War” in the 21st Century: Focus on Terrorism 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Joseph Runzo, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Chapman University; Executive Director, Global Ethics and Religion Forum

Asa Kasher, Ph.D., Israel Prize Laureate and Laura Schwarz-Kipp Professor of Professional Ethics and Philosophy, Tel Aviv University

Philip Towle, Ph.D., Reader in International Studies and former Director, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge

Moderator: James J. Coyle, Ph.D., Director, Center for Global Education, Chapman University

Luncheon Keynote 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Introduction: Donald S. Will, Ph.D., Delp-Wilkinson Professor of Peace Studies and Political Science, Chapman University

Civilization, War, and Peace
Majid Tehranian, Ph.D., Director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, and Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Soka University of America

Panel 2: Security and Civil Liberties 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Norman Abrams, J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law

John C. Eastman, Ph.D., J.D., Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law, and Director, The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence

Elizabeth Rapaport, Ph.D., J.D., Dickason Professor of Law, the University of New Mexico School of Law

Moderator: M. Katherine B. Darmer, J.D., Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law

Panel 3: Historical Perspectives on War and Insecurity 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D., Professor of History, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society, University of Southern Mississippi

The Honorable James P. Gray, J.D., Judge, Superior Court of Orange County

Timothy A. Canova, J.D., Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for Global Trade & Development, Chapman University School of Law

Moderator: Jennifer D. Keene, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Chapman University

Symposium Banquet & Keynote Address 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Introductory Remarks: James L. Doti, Ph.D., President and Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Business and Economics, Chapman University

The Importance of the European Union for Peace and Security
Ambassador Rockwell A. Schnabel
Former United States Representative to the European Union

Day Two: Friday, April 7

9:00 Welcoming Remarks 8:15 a.m.
Arthur Kraft, Ph.D., Dean and Robert J. and Carolyn A. Waltos, Jr. Chair in Business and Economics, The George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University

Panel 4: Global Trade and Security 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Eric J. Lobsinger, J.D., LL.M., LL.D. candidate, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Japan

Marjorie Florestal, J.D., Assistant Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Drake University

Moderator: Henry N. Butler, Ph.D., J.D., James R. Farley Professor of Economics, Chapman University

Panel 5: International Law and Global Strategy 10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

Mohammed Wattad, LL.B., LL.M., Bretzfelder Constitutional Law Fellow, Columbia University School of Law

Dominika Švarc, LL.M., Senior International Law and Policy Analyst, Institute for Strategic Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dennis J.D. Sandole, Ph.D., Professor of Conflict Resolution and International Relations, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

Moderator: Donald S. Will, Ph.D., Delp-Wilkinson Professor of Peace Studies and Political Science, Chapman University

Luncheon Keynote 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Introduction: Robert E. Currie, J.D., Chair, Dean’s Council, Chapman University School of Law

The Middle East: Culture, Terrorism, and Democracy
Joseph P. Hoar, General, U.S. Marines (Retired), and former Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)

Panel 6: Separation of Powers & Presidential Authority 1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Joseph W. Dellapenna, J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law

Seth Weinberger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Politics and Government, University of Puget Sound

Michael D. Ramsey, J.D., Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law

Moderator: Celestine Richards McConville, J.D., Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law

Panel 7: Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Cecelia Lynch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California at Irvine

Fabiola Letelier del Solar, J.D., human rights attorney and President, Memoria y Justicia, Santiago, Chile

Joseph Morrison Skelly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, College of Mount Saint Vincent, U.S. Army Reserve, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran

Moderator: Ernesto Hernandez, M.A., J.D., Assistant Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law

Closing Reception 5:00-7:00 p.m.